Polans (western)

The Polans (Polish: Polanie) were allegedly one of the early medieval cultural and geographical groupings today referred to as the Polish tribes who inhabited the lakelands of Greater Poland and played an important role in the creation of the first Polish state during the reign of Mieszko I.

Modern historiography disputes the concept, as the term polanie is not well attested to the Early Middle Ages, and the oldest known mention dates to the reign of Bolesław I the Brave, found in the 10th century document , which mentions "Bolizlav Polanorum duce".